Reviews for Adblock Plus
Adblock Plus by Adblock Plus
10,987 reviews
- Rated 4 out of 5by Zacknafain, a year ago
- Rated 3 out of 5by H.R., a year agoTLDR - ABP is 100% adequate software. It does exactly what it says on the tin and nothing more. If you're a privacy-conscious home user, you would be better served by uBlock Origin. Enterprise users and casual home users, however, have much more incentive to use AdBlock Plus over competitors like uBlock Origin and AdGuard.
Pros:
1. Long history as robust, well-tested, well-maintained open-source software.
2. Default filter lists block advertisements, though not other forms of online tracking (see "Tangent" section of this review for why I think this is a pro.
3. Simpler content blocking rules mean that it's less liable to break stuff than a more robust content blocker.
Cons:
1. "Acceptable advertisements" are enabled by default. This fact becomes much more revolting when you keep in mind that Eyeo GmbH (the company that owns ABP) literally charges advertisers a hefty fee to be on the "acceptable ads" list, and that advertising networks who pay into the acceptable ads programme don't always adhere to the guidelines that Eyeo GmbH sets. You CAN opt out, and I encourage you to do so. This is a huge black mark on the reputation of a still-useful and beloved open-source application.
Neutral/Your Mileage May Vary
1. In enterprise/business situations, AdBlock Plus may very well be the *only* ad blocker your IT team recommends.
2. Relatively limited selection of filter lists. You're basically limited to the standard ABP filters, EasyList, EasyPrivacy, I Don't Care About Cookies, and the foreign language EasyList filters. Third party filter lists used to be commonplace, but a lot of them use UBO syntax as opposed to ABP syntax nowadays.
Tangent: ABP and Privacy
→ I would like to point out that almost every major browser from Firefox, to Safari, to Edge, to Brave, to Vivaldi, among countless others, all have *some* form of built-in privacy protection. They all use the same list of known trackers provided by the Disconnect team. Here's a rather shocking revelation: you DO NOT need to use tons of filter lists with ANY ad blocker when the browser you're using already has robust tracking protection built in by this point. ABP on default settings, acceptable ads turned off, and Firefox ETP settings set to "strict" will have you pretty well-protected from both targeted advertisements AND surveillance capitalism more generally. Anything else you do beyond that is subject to diminishing returns.
I give it three stars because it's a functional product that does exactly what it says on the tin and nothing more. It's not perfect, but it does not need to be. I would've given it four stars had Eyeo GmbH not irrevocably stained the reputation of this project with the Acceptable Ads programme. As for how I use it: I use ABP on my work laptop's browsers (Firefox and Edge) and it does the job. - Rated 5 out of 5by Violettz, a year ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 18199214, a year ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 18198722, a year ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 18198209, a year ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by dASbINiCH, a year ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 14191768, a year agoΕίναι σουπερ ειδικά όταν κάνω συνεχείς αναρτησεις..
- Rated 4 out of 5by Camilo, a year ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by Firefox user 12886335, a year ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Jorg, a year agoSo wie ich es verstehe, soll Werbebloker Werbungsinhalte blockieren. Komisch, aber die Internetseite mit abgeschaltetem AdblockPlus sieht sauberer und sehr werbungsfrei aus, als mit funktionierendem... Außerdem erscheinen Problemen bei manchen Seiten, wo ich meine Einkäufe bezahlen soll - sie werden einfach nicht geöffnet... Ich könnte auch Beweisbilder ausstellen, wenn es hier möglich wäre...
- Rated 5 out of 5by Enot, a year ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by beingalexqualls, a year ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 17697956, a year ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by Firefox user 17368220, a year ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 18068172, a year ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 18070704, a year ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 16214667, a year ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by repapap, a year ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 17958758, a year agoSave your sanity as well as your time - get rid of the rubbish (and don't forget to support these angels with a contribution)
- Rated 1 out of 5by Edmundo Gonçalves, a year ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by shin, a year ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Olga Wvarova, a year ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 12702001, a year agoIch bin mit dieser App woll zu frieden die macht was sie soll werbung aus blenden die braucht kein Mensch wir werden von der Werbung überflutet Mit freunlichen Grüßen